Archive for October, 2010

Pedro Newsletter 29.10.2010

Friday, October 29th, 2010

Pedro Newsletter 28.10.2010

Thursday, October 28th, 2010

As of today, I love Scala. Maybe I shouldn’t say this so publicly but I have to admit I’m in love with Scala. Yep, my first day of Jonas training made me a convert. Do I think I’ll find the will to get back to Java? I don’t think so.

Java now is like my grandmother: I kiss her if I have to :/.

Yes my precious, we will have second day of Scala training later today. Yes my precious we also love Ruby but you know there are two of us :>

Pedro Newsletter 27.10.2010

Wednesday, October 27th, 2010

Really interesting job offer from Appirio,

Pedro Newsletter 26.10.2010

Tuesday, October 26th, 2010

And as the desert interview with one of the Polish JUG leader: Radek.

Pedro Newsletter 25.10.2010

Monday, October 25th, 2010

I like this rules, now I know what to do in restroom :)

about me

My name is Sebastian Pietrowski. I've finished Warsaw University as Master degree. During my studies I started work for merlin.pl. The primary language I use is Java but I have also programmed in Python, Ruby and Scala. I worked as a technical solution architect at merlin.pl. infrastructure when we were moving from PL/SQL to J2EE. I engineering a great performance optimized solution that made the application 10 times faster than requirements and 85 times faster as original solution.

Currently, I am working as a Senior Expert at F.Hoffmann-La Roche to help define future roadmap in design and development of Enterprise software at Roche and Genentech and build adoption for new technologies. I'm continuously mentoring new developers, helping them understand how important test driven development is and empowering them to get better at their daily job. I'm involved in many activities which brings new technologies for better and faster development. You can find more details on my LinkedIn profile.

But don’t get me wrong, I am not your typical nerd. I'm a pleasant guy that you can drink a glass of wine with me and talk about a range of topics with. My leisure activities include playing basketball, soccer and listening to music. I try to be pragmatic while staying focused on application performance and tuning with success in my daily work.

My favorite quote from Yoda's and my life’s motto is: Do, or do not. There is no try.